User Reviews

Three Creeks doesn't offer a wheat beer or hefeweizen. Instead, this densely clouded ale brewed with 20% rye malt serves as something of a substitute. It is powdered ochre color, exceptionally turbid, and sports a punky, yeast-driven aroma. The taste has tangy yeasts with a punchy integration of northwest bittering hops and dry cereal graininess.

Stonefly scores well for delivering just the right amount of hops and attitude. It is crisp, invigorating, and best served cold.

Overall metric of 3.75 takes into consideration a couple of factors - #1 it's a budget priced bomber and #2 it's low ABV makes it 'Sessionable' as per popular parlance (in fact Three Creeks, in order to add a session beer to their lineup has re-named this brew: stonefly session ale - seriously) - Bandwagon hopping at its finest. The 'rye-ness' is a bit faint...just a hint of that "dirty" rye flavor I prefer. As with most low ABV beers, this is best consumed well above refrigerator temperature, if maximum flavor is desired. For me it's been a go-to when looking for cheap low ABV beer that is well above macro in quality. Very nice malt backbone.

Quite drinkable, but becomes a bit skuzzy as it warms up. Malt forward brew, with a lot of really nice complexity from the rye. It's just a bit to pale and the body is light enough that it wasn't the winner from their lineup.
Further, I was expecting a good dark brown elixir, kind of surprised to see this.

22oz bottle from "Habits" in S.Salem. $3.99 Slightly hazy golden ale with a good sized thick and frothy white head. Not getting a lot of aroma.. mainly caramel,biscuit and a touch of rye. Smooth rye bread taste, caramel and some phenolics like rye weiss !! Not spicy though. Nice smooth low carbonated palate which i prefer. Not the strongest rye tasting rye beer but certainly very drinkable on a nice warm Easter

Appearance: medium-light golden hue with a moderate haze and effervescence. Head is a thin layer of creamy ivory foam. Attractive enough.

Smell: grainy and bready with a little bit of sweetness. There's a fairly strong toasty character also, along with just a tiny hint of sourness. It's OK, but it doesn't really tickle my fancy.

Taste: lemongrass flavor with perhaps some grains of paradise stand out; this might be part of what I perceived as sourness in the aroma. The bready character remains, along with just a hint of toastiness. It's actually relatively interesting, if you're into rye beers.

Mouthfeel: medium body with a decent carbonation and creaminess. Not too bad.

Overall: I won't say this is a must-try beer, but it definitely has some points of interest. If you like bready beers and lemongrass, it may indeed be for you. It's not really for me, though.

turbid apricot wit ha soapy etch across the top. Touch of fruit and ester up front is like a white grape, then follow thru with a near clay yeast character and a touch of astringency on the back end. Flavor is grainy and sweet, almost tastes under attenuated (although I can't really know the intent here), touch bitter with a light oatmeal flavor. Full bodied with moderate carb and a dry finish. Meh.